StandWithUs Opens First of Its Kind Legal CLE Resource Center

(Los Angeles, CA – November 7, 2019 ) — The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department proudly announces the opening of the StandWithUs Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Resource Center. Attorneys who need to fulfill their CLE credits can do so in this unique, easily navigable setting while exploring legal topics affecting the Jewish people and Israel.  This […]

Jewish Groups Announce Solidarity with Israel Amidst Rocket Attacks

Jewish Journal, 12/11/2019 Aaron Bandler Myriad American Jewish groups are offering their support to Israel while the Jewish state is being bombarded with rockets from the Gaza Strip. More than 150 rockets have been fired from Gaza toward Israel since 5 a.m. Israel Standard Time after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed Islamic Jihad Senior […]

‘StandWithUs’ on the Digital Front: Updating Millions of People on the Emergency in Israel

Jerusalem, November 13th, 2019 While the people of Israel woke up yesterday morning to a massive rocket attack to south and central Israel, StandWithUs was among the first organizations in the world to deliver constant updates about the security escalation. Millions of people – from Costa Rica to Hong Kong – read StandWithUs posts in […]

How to Inspire Love for Israel in the Next Generation

The Jerusalem Post, 11/11/2019 By Ilana-Sherrington-Hoffman, Director of Operations & Strategic Partnerships at StandWithUs Israel An Israeli flag [Ilustrative] (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) While on a speaking tour abroad, a Holocaust survivor told me his heartbreaking story and explained with tears of joy why Israel is a living miracle. The tears turned […]

German Cardinal Calls for Christians and Jews to Unite Against Anti-Semitism

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 11/6/2019 German Cardinal Reinhard Marx condemned anti-Semitism and called for Christians and Jews to unite against it during a Nov. 3 panel, the Jerusalem Post reports. The German Bishops Conference and Orthodox Rabbinical Conference of Germany panel, which featured Central Council of Jews in Germany head Josef Schuster, European Commission Coordinator […]

Gaza Rocket Strikes Sderot Home

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 11/1/2019 A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip demolished a family home in the southern Israel community of Sderot on Nov. 1. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted out a picture of the home and noted that the Iron Dome intercepted eight out of the 10 rockets fired from Gaza. StandWithUs […]

ADL Condemns Benedictine SJP Member for Urging Holocaust Survivor to Denounce Israel

Jewish Journal Oct 29, 2019 BY AARON BANDLER Jonathan Greenblatt Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt condemned a member of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Benedictine University for asking a Holocaust survivor to denounce the Israeli government’s “ethnic cleansing.” The member Ayah Ali asked Grinnell College Religious Studies Professor Dr. Harold Kasimow during his […]

‘A Day Against Hate’ Event Aims To Combat Anti-Semitic Messages

WataugaDemocrat.com Oct 29, 2019 By Kayla Lasure T.M. Garret speaks to a group on Oct. 27 BOONE — Two men spoke in Boone about their journeys from being anti-Semites to activists during the A Day Against Hate event aimed to combat hate on Appalachian State University’s campus and the wider community. Students and community members […]

Young Israelis Coming To Canada On Mission Of Peace

The Canadian Jewish News October 31, 2019 By Susan Minuk WordSwap delegates pose for a photo after a team meeting at the StandWithUs Israel office A diverse group of young Israelis who represent the tapestry of Israeli citizens – Jewish, Druze, Muslim, Ethiopian, Bedouin, Orthodox, Reform and LGBTQ – will visit Canada for the first […]

StandWithUs, Poway salute shooting victims

San Diego Jewish World October 31, 2019 By Donald H. Harrison Dr. Howard Kaye gave a tribute to his murdered wife at the StandWithUs gala Oct. 27 SAN DIEGO – The Jewish and general communities are honoring the memory of Lori Gilbert-Kaye , who was murdered April 27 by a gunman who barged into Chabad […]

EL AL Ambassadors Program takes flight – again!

October 29, 2019 StandWithUs is proud to begin another year of activity with the EL AL Ambassadors program! First launched in 2011 as a joint initiative of EL AL Israel Airlines, StandWithUs, the Jewish Agency for Israel, and the Israeli Foreign Ministry, this unique program trains pilots and flight attendants to share their Israel stories […]

ACTION ALERT: Show Support for Proposed Federal Change to Protect Jewish Students!

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) annually collects data from public schools and school districts on incidents of harassment and bullying. Beginning in 2015, this data mandated schools to include incidents of discrimination based on a student’s perceived religion. The data returned showing voluminous numbers. As a result, OCR is now […]

Protesters Disrupt Former Israeli Foreign Minister’s Duke Speech

Jewish Journal BY AARON BANDLER OCT 24, 2019 A group of around 20 student protesters disrupted former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s Oct. 23 speech at Duke University. The Duke Chronicle reports that the disruption began at an event hosted by The Duke Program for American Grand Strategy (AGS). Moderator Bruce Jentleson asked Livni about […]

Jewish Students Protest U of I Student Senate Resolution Saying Anti-Zionism Isn’t Anti-Semitism

Jewish Journal BY AARON BANDLER OCT 24, 2019 Photo from Wikimedia Commons The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Student Senate passed a resolution denying a link between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism on Oct. 23, causing more than 400 Jewish students to walk out of the meeting in protest. Fox Illinois reports that the resolution passed […]

Czech Parliament House Passes Anti-BDS Resolution

Jewish Journal BY AARON BANDLER OCT 23, 2019 Photo from Wikimedia Commons The lower house of the Czech Republic’s parliament passed a non-binding resolution on Oct. 22 that denounces the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement as anti-Semitic. The Times of Israel reports that the resolution’s text “condemns all activities and statements by groups calling […]

SJP-sponsored resolution passes University of Illinois student government, hundreds protest

Jewish News Syndicate BY JACKSON RICHMAN October 24, 2019 Accuses Chancellor Robert Jones of having “improperly characterized” SJP presentation as having anti-Semitic content • Jewish campus community not consulted • Strong display of Jewish unity. The campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A resolution introduced by Students […]

How this teen helped ensure anti-Semitism won’t be taught in California

JWeekly BY MICHAELA PELTA OCTOBER 21, 2019 California state Capitol building in Sacramento (Photo/Wikimedia Commons) On Sept. 20, I had the incredible opportunity to go to the State Capitol in Sacramento and fight for a cause close to my heart. In August, the California Board of Education released a draft proposal, the Ethnic Studies Model […]

StandWithUs Condemns Embarrassing Display of Ignorance by Illinois Student Government

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday October 23, 2019 (Champaign, IL — October 23, 2019) — StandWithUs condemns the University of Illinois (UIUC) Student Government (ISG) for passing a disingenuous resolution about antisemitism without consulting the Jewish community or securing their consent. The resolution denies that anti-Zionism is antisemitism, erasing the experiences of Jewish students who have […]